A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes off Solomon Islands
Apr 12, 2010 I Earthquakes.A powerful earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands on Sunday, but the pacific tsunami warning center said a tsunami was not expected.
The U.S.G.S said the 7.1-magnitude quake strikes southwest of the island chain’s Kira Kira Island in the South Pacific. The epicenter was about 130 miles (210 kilometers) close to the southeast of the capital, Honiara. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that the destructive wave is not supposed. There were no immediate reports of damage or wounds.
The Solomon Islands is a country of nearly 1,000 islands that lie on the “Ring of Fire” an arc of earthquake & volcanic zones that extends around the Pacific Rim & where about 90 percent of the world’s quakes occur.